Reframing Rio+20: revisiting children in Tamil Nadu, India – video

Panjy was born into a community dependent on the fireworks industry. She dreamed of becoming a doctor but family debts meant she had to quit school at 17. After an arranged marriage to another fireworks worker, she and her husband pray at the local temple for a child.

Panjy's story is one in Zero Ten Twenty, a 20-year documentary series that tracks the lives of children around the world. The film has been produced by
tve, as part of a multimedia project,
Reframing Rio